Critic
Critic
You shred my words
Thin colors from my brush
You still the flight of soaring birds
While grinding my ego in a crush
What music can I sing
What melodies compose
After your scorpion sting
And heartless blows
If I ignore your sneer
And refuse to listen
Will I lose my fear
And start to glisten
Probably not
I’m so weak
My art is fragile
Not magnifique
I’ll silence my pen
And dry my easel
You win again
My inner weasel
About this poem
Written in my 70's after not writing since teenager
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Written on 2014
Submitted by aerrol24 on December 12, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABCBC DEDE FGFG XXHA IHIH |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 430 |
Words | 86 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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